On Wed, 2022-07-27 at 23:43 +0930, Tim via users wrote:
Tim:
> > It's just one of those exercises in manifest stupidity and
> > bureaucracy for the sake of it. Oooh, ooh, it's possible for us
> > to
> > make a rule about resetting passwords, so we will.
Patrick O'Callaghan:
> These "rules" were formulated in the Olden Days, when people had at
> most one or two logins to mainframes, not dozens or more logins to
> random websites. They are still enforced mainly by banks, to my
> eternal frustration. Those same banks won't let me use my password
> manager to create a genuinely random password and remember it for
> me.
I'd rather have a password like: gibbonspaintingunicornsinmybathroom
Than horrendous to type: jil;dfgyu89#$%U#89rdfjkgd
Lots of fun trying to type crap in like that on a mobile phone!
Hence the benefit of a proper password manager, and not having to type
anything.
poc